Recommendations for a SSD and transferring data to it.

Navees

Navees

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Hi guys, so basically when it comes to SSD/HDD's, my brain goes dead. I'm looking to upgrade to a SSD, my HDD after 5 years or so is finally starting to show signs of it not being able to cope anymore. So, I have £200 budget, ideally i'd like a 500gb SSD so i can just replace my HDD overall.

My specs are:

PSU: 3XS CX600M BRONZE (600w)
CPU: FX 6300
CPU cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro V2 CPU Cooler (LN28632)
MB:Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (LN52817)
HDD: Some standard 500g HDD
RAM: 8Gig

The SSD I have in mind is:
Samsung 500GB 840 EVO Basic SSD SATA 3 7mm UltraSlim 2.5" PC/MAC
(http://www.************/products/500gb-samsung-mz-7te500bw-840-evo-basic-ssd-7mm-sata-6gb-s-3-core-mex-controller-read-540mb-s-write-)

I was wondering if this card would be fine to work in my system?
Another thing is, I have a few games on my HDD already, with lots of music and photos. Is there a way to directly transfer all the contents of my HDD(including OS) straight to the SSD? I don't want to re-install the games because I have a really crappy download speed.
 
most SSD's come with cloning software which will transfer everything from 1 drive to another, I know the Samsung ones do but at the moment with the 840 evos there is a issue with some of the drives the speeds slowing after so long which Samsung are trying to fix.

if you want a read there is a thread here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18615995

I would go for one of these SSD's

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-056-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-037-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-013-SH&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

if the SSd doesn't come with any, follow this guide and use the free version

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18576917
 
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I found that post too, I don't really like the idea of Samsung drives slowing down after a while. I just wanna plop it in, leave it be for another 5 years. So I think I will go for the Crucial MX100 512GB SATA. Thanks mate!
 
Navees said:
I found that post too, I don't really like the idea of Samsung drives slowing down after a while. I just wanna plop it in, leave it be for another 5 years. So I think I will go for the Crucial MX100 512GB SATA. Thanks mate!
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No problem, if you want to go down the Samsung route you could try the newer drives which may not have the issue. the newer drives are the 850s

500GB one below

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-192-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

the other option is a 840 Pro SSD as I think the issue is only effecting the evo rang of their SSDs

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-160-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

but this all depends on your budget really.

the first lot of SSD's are fine
 
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